The Poisson bracket possesses the symplectic structure [A,B]=AB−BA.
(Note that this algebraic structure is not commutative)
Apply this rule to the brackets:
[A,[B,C]],
[B,[C,A]],
[C,[A,B]].
Assemble the three brackets to prove that [A,[B,C]]+[B,[C,A]]+[C,[A,B]]=0.
Solution
Following this result, we apply the same rules to the following brackets:
[A,[B,C]]=[A,[BC−CB]]=A(BC−CB)−(BC−CB)A=ABC−ACB−BCA+CBA
[B,[C,A]]=[B,[CA−AC]]=B(CA−AC)−(CA−AC)B=BCA−BAC−CAB+ACB
[C,[A,B]]=[C,[AB−BA]]=C(AB−BA)−(AB−BA)C=CAB−CBA−ABC+BAC
We note that the order of A,B,C is significant for the bracket operator. Adding the three brackets will yield 0.
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